Archives for: December 14th, 2013
LASIK After Forty
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Sat 12/14/2013
A natural aging change in vision that manifests itself after age forty is presbyopia. Presbyopia is a loss of the ability to focus from distance to near and occurs because the crytalline lens in the eye loses it’s flexibility. Older patients who previously did not require glasses may find that they have a need for… Read More »
Patient Satisfaction with LASIK
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Sun 12/27/2009
Patient satisfaction after LASIK remains consistently high but no medical procedure has a satisfaction rate of 100%. Why are so many patients delighted with their results and others disappointed? Obviously there exists a group of patients who have had had unanticipated complications but this is fairly rare. One of the more common reasons may be… Read More »
Hate Bifocals? See Us for Options
Written by Dr. Dean Dornic on Sun 10/18/2009
When the cause of your eyeglass dependence is nearsightedness, the vision correction options are pretty straight-forward. When there is a need for reading glasses or bifocals, solutions can be more complicated. Most people develop a condition called presbyopia as they approach age 40. Presbyopia is the inability of the eye to focus at all distances,… Read More »
